Month: May 2011

David and Derek

First I’ll talk about David Wright because this is a Mets site. Why is it that so many Mets fans want to tear down Wright’s obvious love of the game and his only team, the Mets? There are no perfect people, and certainly no perfect ballplayers, but there are those who are different. These are the guys who play by the rules, not by the ‘drug of the day’. They can be found...

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Pedro Beato Could Be A Rare Mets Rule 5 Success Story

With the impressive performance of Pedro Beato so far this season, I am beginning to see some similarities of another young pitcher that I have grown quite fond of over the years. If you have not heard of Joakim Soria, here’s a quick synopsis. Soria is the closer for the Kansas City Royals with 138 career saves to his name and a career ERA of 2.13. He came to the Royals through the Rule 5...

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Game Preview: Giants vs Mets

The Mets lost the opener last night, and it was a rough one. It was a back and forth for the majority in the game and after a high energy top of the ninth where the Mets got out of a runner on third with no outs, they responded with putting runners on in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t get the job done. The Giants hit the go ahead homer in the top of the tenth. Tonight the Mets draw...

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Dickey Ineffective, Bullpen Can’t Hold, Mets Lose 7-6 In 10

R.A. Dickey was hit hard today, and despite two home runs and six runs of offense, the Mets couldn’t win today, with the bullpen coughing up the winning run, and losing in extra innings 7-6 to the Giants Game Notes R.A. Dickey was the victim of bad luck, an aggressive offense and an inability to locate his pitchers. R.A. allowed six runs on five hits in six innings, walking one and...

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System Failure

Mets lost 7-6 tonight against the Giants, but the play on the field told a different story and it wasn’t as close as the score would suggest. This was a sloppy game for the Mets, with plenty of fundamental errors, mental lapses and too many missed opportunities to count. Josh Thole had three hits, but the bad far outweighed the good. The box score shows only one error for him, but the...

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